Top 10 cricket players who were handed life Bans for Match-Fixing

4. Saleem Malik (Life ban – Lifted in 2008)

The iconic middle-order batsman Saleem Malik’s name goes down in the world of cricket as the first cricketer ever to be jailed for his associations with the bookies. He was one of the few players who could easily negotiate the turn of Shane Warne with ease. He was the first player to be banned from all forms of the game for match fixing.

It was Justice Qayyum’s inquiry that found him guilty. Later, players like Mark Waugh and Shane Warne testified the fact that Malik had tried to convince them to throw away the 1994-95 Karachi Test. He questioned the ban in the year 2001 but the Lahore High Court rejected his plea. The ban was eventually lifted by a lower court in the year 2008.